Nothing, I mean nothing, will ever beat an H & H bagel if you are from the NYC area.
But I have to say I was pleasantly surprised while in Phoenix last week to have a delish NY style bagel shop across the street from my hotel. The Bagel Man makes a good bagel. And even better tuna salad and I am a tuna lover. Better than my Jewish mom's tuna salad! It even came with a pickle and some pretty decent potato salad.
They even have some deli sandwiches. All at reasonable prices.
How good is this place? They close at 2pm and by 1:30 when we got there they only had 3 bagels left. Not 3 flavors, 3 bagels. Got my pumpernickel, hubby got the last poppy. Now I have to fly back to Phoenix for the tuna on an everything bagel and get there before closing.